Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-01-12
Stetus uf Snterest.

Grlct OF IeXaS are IN desperate neeQ OI lOOu
and clothing, the Philadelphia Press says
that no filter time for giving could be found nI
than the opening days of the year. The
Press concludes with these .words: "The
emergency is one of those which enfOrces
the sense of American brotherhood, and the
time only increases the emphasis OF its ap-
peal to native generosity"
A recent decision of the Supreme Court
of North Carolina declares unconstitutional
the law which prohibits any railroad corpo-
ration operating in that State, from charg-
ing more for the transportation of freight
within ne State, than for an equal distance
on any part of its line outside of the State.
The court held that the law is invalid in that
it undertook to regulate commerce between
the States, thus usurping prerogatlVe OF
the general government
- A cheese factory at East Aurora, n. y,
is filing an order from Glasgow. Scotland,
for fifteen cheeses, to weigh $500 to 1000
pounds each. With the order came pack
age of British gold coin, sovereigns, which
are put into the curd of each cheese when
making, and will become the property OF
those who buy the portion where they are
imbedded. It requires the morning and
evening milk of 5000 cows to make one OF
these cheeses.
-Confiding woman's idea Of business
is thus humorously, if not trnthfully de,
picted by an exchange: A Pittsbulg oil
broker received the following order from a
lady who desired to make some money in
oil: "Dear Sir-Please buy me 10000 bar
rels of oil at 80 cents and sell at $1.10. Remit
me the difference, less your commission.
Upon the promptness with which you exc
ecute this order depends my future patron
age. Very respectfully"
The new law in Montgomery, Alabama,
imposing license tax on commercial traV-
elers, went into effect on Friday. 1t re,
tains the tax of ten dollars fixed by the old
law, but adds a provision that all contracts
made by travelling agents who have not
paid the license tax shall be void rs to
10th of the parties thereto. This provis-
ion is intended to enforce the payment
of the tax, which has hitherto been evaded
in q large number of cases.
- The knights of Labor were at one time
considered most powerful organization.
The leaders boasted of the millions of men
that stood firmly united to fight for their
rights. They were considered potent fac
tor in politics and their votes were eagerly
sought by both parties. The order is now
racked by internal strife and dissatisfaction
with the leaders. These affairs have devel-
oped the fact that the millions that the
leaders so often boasted existed only in
their own minds. The order is destroyed
in the Southwest, and in the East it begins
| to crumble, and every indication points to
its early dissolution.
Elk Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania,
in speaking of President Cleveland's popu-
larity the other day, said: "He is becoming
stronger with the masses every day: Hels
honest and is obeying the civil service law,
and that makes him some enemies among
the office holders, but this only makes him
stronger with the people. He has to rely
largely upon the advice OF others, and nat,
uraliy has made some mistakes. IL wo9la
be utterly impossible not to make some with
such a large patronage at his disposal. AS
far as Pennsylvania is concerned, 1t will ia
| vor his denomination. There is little ques-
tion in my mind but that Cleveland and
Blaine will be the candidates of their re-
spective parties"
Congressman Springer says he intends
to secure, if possible, the passage by the
present Congress of his bill to provide an
enabling act for the admission into the
Union of Dakota, Montana, New Mexico
and Washington Territory. He says it
will probably not be possible to get the
Committee on Territories to report upon
the bill, but he will try to have it substitut-
ed by the House for some other territorial
admission bill when the latter comes up
for consideration. He thinks the idea of
admitting all at once will prevent opposi-
ton on political grounds, as they will he
equally divided politically, and especially
as the new States will have no voice in the
Presidential election of 1888.
- The lesson that we are shadows and
that sh .dows we pursue has certainly been
taught in Washington since Cleveland was
elected. In that time Grant, Logan, Hen
bricks, Mcclellan, Seymour, Tilden, Han
cock and Arthug, all Of whom were either
Presidents or Slce-Presidents, or sought
these high offices, have, in this period,
ioined the silent majority. For three out of
twenty-0ne months the White House has
been draped in mourning. Pike, of New
Hampshire, Miller, of California, and Lo-
gan, of the Senate, have died, and of the
members Of the lower House, Price, of
Wisconsin, Arnot and Dowdney, of New
York, Cole, of Maryland, Hahn, of Louisi-
ana, Duncan, of Pennsylvania, and Elwood,
of Illinois, have passed over the river.
Governor Hill, of New York, has, grant
ed a reprieve to Mrs. Druse, who was to
have been hanged on December %, till Feb
ruary 18th, next. Strenuous efforts have
been made to save this woman, but it has
all been work of sentiment, not single
mitigating circumstance being presented in
her favor. Her crime was not only thor
oughly premeditated, but was accomplished
with the most revolving details. The Gov
ernor plainly says that there were no legal
grounds for clemency, and intertereS just
enough to place the matter directly upon
the only question at issue, Shall the State
hang woman? Sentiment says no, the law
says yes, and the Governor exercises his pow
er so that the condemned woman may live
until the power which makes the law
can decide. Governor Hill has done wise
~ to put this issue where it belongs. His
action recognizes alike the demands of JUS
tice and the plea of mercy.
Father Galeote, who, on Wednesday
was sentenced to death in Madrid, is the
priest, who, in order to revenge himself for
an order of suspension inflicted upon him
for immoral conduct by the Bishop OF Mad
rid, shot the latter with revolver at the
doors of the Pro-Cathedral on Palm Sun
day last. Before being executed by means
of the garrotte on the plain outside Madrid.
Father Galeote will be solemnly and pub
licly degraded from the priesthood. On the
conclusion of the ceremony the unfortunate
man will be seated on chair with his back
against An upright post fixed into the scat
fold. A steel collar, the ends of which are
passed through the post, is fastened around
his neck, and as soon as the yellow bag has
been drawn down over his face the eXecu-
toner gives turn to the windlass, which
causes the steel collar to tighten, and at the
same time forces the point Of screw against
the spinal column, which it breaks. The
body is then left during the whole day eX
posed to the public gaze on the scatfOld, and
is only removed for burial at nightfall.
-Ona of the most interesting persons who